Overview
After a breakdown, Rita returns to her childhood village in 1961. As she recovers, she remembers the past two years: her love for the chemist Manfred, ten years her senior; how his enthusiasm about his new chemical process turned to bitter disappointment in the face of official rejection; how he escaped to West Berlin a few weeks before the Wall was built and hoped that she would follow him …
| Actor | Age then | Age now | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 20 | 81 | |
 | 30 | May 15, 2006 (72) | |
 | 58 | May 24, 1974 (67) | |
 | 33 | September 14, 2016 (85) | |
 | 54 | October 27, 2004 (95) | |
 | 48 | March 1, 1990 (74) | |
 | 33 | December 15, 2010 (79) | |
 | 53 | May 2, 1995 (84) | |
 | 25 | January 27, 2018 (79) | |
 | 32 | January 1, 2011 (79) |